Whites are sensitive to temperature, but MORE sensitive to low oxygen.
That is why there are big die offs every year at Pigeon. In the AM the fish move shallow, and then the algae blooms taking up oxygen, and the fish in the top layer and in the shallows die and bloat.
On the up side, there has been a black bear in the water at the townsite at Calling Lake where the dead fish wash up. Two weeks ago he was sitting on my partly submerged dock in the evening. Between him and the pelicans, nothing is going to waste.
All the same, glad to see someone figuring it out! I have yet to get everyone to give up on walleye fishing to give whitefish a try.
Drewski
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